Coronachat - vents, whines, flummoxes & miscellaneous

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haha, I'm trying to take #staythefuckhome seriously and spend as little time in as few stores as I can. I need a simple 10-pack of TP and a 4-pack of paper towels. It would also be nice to get some canned tomatoes and flour. I have no idea why going to Kaufland should mean I take a lot of shits and therefore need a lot of toilet paper but it made me

edit @LukeSkywalker the stores in my neighborhood sell out of the "hot" items on the same day they're delivered, despite "one package per customer" rules. That's why I need a master strategy

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haha, I'm trying to take #staythefuckhome seriously and spend as little time in as few stores as I can. I need a simple 10-pack of TP and a 4-pack of paper towels. It would also be nice to get some canned tomatoes and flour. I have no idea why going to Kaufland should mean I take a lot of shits and therefore need a lot of toilet paper but it made me

edit @LukeSkywalker the stores in my neighborhood sell out of the "hot" items on the same day they're delivered, despite "one package per customer" rules. That's why I need a master strategy

I would send you a tenner, Dessa, but it would probably get stolen in the mail.

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@arunadasi I remember (but can't now find) your blog and you mentioning a hospital you founded in India - is it still running? Is it involved in the corona? Does it need help?

Sorry if the questions are stupid - I tried to do a tiny bit of background research through the forum but the search function failed me.

I didn't found it -- I was involved in the charity that founded it and donated quite a lot of money to it at the time. Back then it was to be a small maternity hospital for poor women. I still have some photos of the building of it, but that was almost 30 years ago. It is still running, but no longer as a maternity hospital - it's grown into one of the leading and best hospitals in the area. It's not free for anyone -- if I were to use it, I would have to pay for instance -- but afaik poor local people are given treatment free of charge. website: http://rmrhealth.org/

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I need a simple 10-pack of TP and a 4-pack of paper towels. It would also be nice to get some canned tomatoes and flour.

Canned tomatoes should be easy peasy, the TP should be achievable but you might have to try several places and you might have to lower your expectations, we are right now on recycled TP; but paper towels and flour you are just being unrealistic.

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If it helps anyone. last week it seemed our local Edeka had a big shipment of TP on Thursday. I was there at 10 am and it was fully stocked. Saturday it was empty again, according to my Whatsapp group.

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Here in Munich I found V-Markt the one having more stuff when all the other shops (edeka included) were having empty shelves. For the pasta lovers ( i saw past disappearing from shelves like toilet papier) mountains of pasta, from the cheap brand to the mainstream ones (barilla, buitoni) to the top brand (De Cecco, Molisana).

A bit over priced compared to the already overpriced ones (rewe/edeka) but you can avoid to go to several different markets in order to complete your weekly grocery.

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I went out for a treasure hunt this morning looking for a light bulb for my bathroom light. It has some funny little halogen bulbs. In the process, I actually came across some TP, both by Rossmann and Kaufland. It was about 9 am and I'm sure it didn't last long. Rossmann had a sign up stating that there is no problem with the TP supply and please don't go crazy.

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Maybe it's time to dust off those aircraft on display near the Frankfurt Airport and start a second wave of the Berlin Airlift.

On Saturday, the shelves at the local Rewe were fulll to nearly full, including TP, flour, sugar, and pasta. There was a pallet each of TP and kitchen paper near the checkout lines. Yesterday the pallets were gone, but there was plenty of TP on the shelves.